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Earth History Event Timeline

--EARTH'S HISTORY ANALOGY- If all of life's history (4.7 billion years) were compressed into five minutes, then the following events would happen at

Event #

Your Analogy Value

Years Ago

1

0secs

0

Present Day

This is present day Earth. Bustling cities and skylines fill most of the world, while most people are in the presence of modern day technology and advances. In today's time the world is rapidly changing due to human actions and an ever-changing environment.

Event #

Your Analogy Value

Years Ago

2

0.0000000015secs

15

Me

Fifteen years ago on June 9th, I was brought into the world.

Event #

Your Analogy Value

Years Ago

3

0.0000000053secs

50

Space Travel

Approximately fifty years ago, the first spaceship was launched into space.

Event #

Your Analogy Value

Years Ago

4

0.00000026secs

250

Industrial Revolution

250 years ago in America, the Industrial Revolution is beginning.

Event #

Your Analogy Value

Years Ago

5

0.0000053secs

5,000

Human Development

Around this time in history, humans are seen making many developments.

Event #

Your Analogy Value

Years Ago

6

0.000201secs

19,000

Antarctic Sea-Ice

Ice in the arctic begins to slowly melt.

Event #

Your Analogy Value

Years Ago

7

0.00075secs

70,000

Humans & Climates

70,000 years ago there were about 10,000 early homo-sapiens on Earth, due to the explosion of a super volcano wiping out the rest of the population.

Event #

Your Analogy Value

Years Ago

8

0.002secs

1.7 MYA

Homo-Erectus

Nearly 2 million years ago, our ancient predecessors are roaming the Earth.

Event #

Your Analogy Value

Years Ago

9

0.05secs

45 MYA

Modern Mammals

Mammals that are semi recognizable today appear.

Event #

Your Analogy Value

Years Ago

10

0.07secs

65.5 MYA

Dinosaur Extinction

A meteor impacting the Earth, brings an end to the dinosaurs.

Event #

Your Analogy Value

Years Ago

11

0.1secs

105 MYA

South-America

As Pangea continues its shift of breaking away, South America finally escapes from Africa.

Event #

Your Analogy Value

Years Ago

12

0.15secs

145 MYA

Crust Movement

The Earth at this point in time, undergoes a period of active crust plate movement.

Event #

Your Analogy Value

Years Ago

13

0.2secs

199 MYA

Dinosaurs

The golden age of the dinosaurs begins.

Event #

Your Analogy Value

Years Ago

14

0.25secs

235 MYA

First Bird

The Kuehneosaurus was the first animal classified as a bird by scientists.

Event #

Your Analogy Value

Years Ago

15

0.283secs

251 MYA

Breakup of Pangea

Over the course of millions of years, Pangea begins to drift apart.

Event #

Your Analogy Value

Years Ago

16

o.287secs

270 MYA

Age of the Fishes

This time period was also considered the age of the fish, due to the large number of marine activity that took place during this time.

Event #

Your Analogy Value

Years Ago

17

0.319secs

300 MYA

Earth Day = 22.4hrs

During the Pennsylvanian period the average Earth day was near today's length at 22.4 hours.

Event #

Your Analogy Value

Years Ago

18

0.329secs

310 MYA

1st Reptile

Earth's earliest reptiles are seen at this point in time.

Event #

Your Analogy Value

Years Ago

19

0.36secs

350 MYA

Vertebrates on Land

First vertebrates appear on the surface of the Earth.

Event #

Your Analogy Value

Years Ago

20

0.4secs

380 MYA

Insects

Insects on Earth are in monstrous proportion compared to today's standards.

Event #

Your Analogy Value

Years Ago

21

0.42secs

400 MYA

Beginning of the Devonian Period

The firsts of many types of fish and amphibians are seen in this time period.

Event #

Your Analogy Value

Years Ago

22

0.43secs

416 MYA

Frozen Earth

Snowball Earth is in effect at this time.

Event #

Your Analogy Value

Years Ago

23

0.46secs

443 MYA

Mass Extinction of Marine Life

About 90% of Earth's marine population is wiped out.

Event #

Your Analogy Value

Years Ago

24

0.568secs

535 MYA

Solar Brightness

Earth;s solar brightness at this point is about 6% less than today.

Event #

Your Analogy Value

Years Ago

25

0.566secs

542 MYA

Animals

Organisms begin to appear on Earth. Classification of these found fossils is difficult, due to the organisms' lack of a hard shell.

Event #

Your Analogy Value

Years Ago

26

0.95secs

900MYA

Earth Days

At this moment of time, an average Earth day was approximately 12 hours long.

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